"The attempt to recover, and to understand, the contribution that women have made to the societies of the past is often hampered by the shortage and incidental nature of the suviving evidence. This is particularly true for the women of the Middle Ages, who - unless they were nun…
"The attempt to recover, and to understand, the contribution that women have made to the societies of the past is often hampered by the shortage and incidental nature of the suviving evidence. This is particularly true for the women of the Middle Ages, who - unless they were nun…
Women's experiences and gender relations in the diverse, mobile society of 16th and 17th century London are considered by Laura Gowling. She focuses on disputes over sex, marriage and insults and presents a vivid picture of daily life.
This book makes the provocative argument that despite extensive evidence indicating a wholesale suppression of early women's speech, women were actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were simultaneously complicitous with patriarchal ideology and subver…
This book makes the provocative argument that despite extensive evidence indicating a wholesale suppression of early women's speech, women were actively engaged in cultural practices and speech strategies that were simultaneously complicitous with patriarchal ideology and subver…
